Starring celebrated British actor Colin Salmon (Arrow, Prime Suspect, Tomorrow Never Dies as Fanon, and using reconstructions, archive footage and interviews with major theorists and writers (such as Stuart Hall, Françoise Vergès and Homi K Bhabha) Frantz Fanon: Black Skin White Mask tells the story of the life and work of the highly influential anti-colonialist writer Frantz Fanon.

Together, artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien (Looking for Langston, Young Soul Rebels) and curator and producer Mark Nash (Documenta 11) undertake an intellectual and poetic exploration of Fanon's life, influence and legacy, from his early years in Martinique (then a colony of France) to his professional life as a psychiatric doctor and revolutionary in Algeria during the bloody war of independence with France.

Now, as the film's twentieth anniversary approaches and we witness Arab uprisings, religious fundamentalisms and the so-called 'War on Terror', Fanon and his work are more pertinent than ever

Special features
- Stills Gallery
- Extensive booklet with essays and film credits
- Downloadable PDFs of extended essays and archive materials

- Presented in High Definition and Standard Definition
- Between Two Worlds (Mark Nash, 1992, 27 mins): the story of a young man, Graham (Jason Durr), who is undergoing treatment by a Czech psychoanalyst, Dr Ludwig
- Stills Gallery: an extensive collection of stills from Frantz Fanon: Black Skin White Mask
- Fully illustrated booklet with essays and full film credits
- Downloadable PDFs of extended essays

I reordered it via Amazon. They sent all the other items except for this one.

Since it's 'release date' it has been stating that 'Usually dispatched within 1 to 4 weeks.' I suspect none have been pressed and sent yet if the BFI site doesn't haven't them. This must go down as one of the longest 'coming soon' items that the BFI have ever attempted to release.

We regret to report that the release of the following item has been cancelled:

"Frantz Fanon: Black Skin White Mask (DVD + Blu-ray)"

Our supplier has informed us that this item is no longer available.

Jeez, that's annoying. Why does the BFI get our hopes up so much? Is it the actual film or some of the extras? I know California Newsreel sell it to the public and to libraries in the US, so what gives?

Surprise, surprise....this has been delayed again. I received an email stating it would be delivered it October 2017, though Amazon is still showing a July release date which will do doubt be updated in the coming days to late September/early October.

Amazon says October now. Does anyone at the BFI post on these boards? I'd love to know what the hold up is. We've had a grotty VHS copy here go missing and it's available as a fairly rudimentary stream through the Arts on Film Archive, but I've been desperate for this as it's used for teaching.

Starring celebrated British actor Colin Salmon (Arrow, No Offence) as Fanon, and using reconstruction, archive footage and interviews with major theorists and writers (including Stuart Hall, Françoise Vergès and Homi K Bhabha), Frantz Fanon: Black Skin White Mask tells the story of the life and work of the highly influential anti-colonialist writer Frantz Fanon. After its screenings in the BFI London Film Festival on 5 and 8 October, the BFI will release the film for the first time on Blu-ray and DVD in a Dual Format Edition on 18 October 2017.

Together, artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien (Looking for Langston, Young Soul Rebels) and curator and producer Mark Nash (Documenta 11) undertake an intellectual and poetic exploration of Fanon’s life, influence and legacy, from his early years in Martinique (then a French colony) to his professional life as a psychiatrist and as a revolutionary in Algeria during its bloody war for independence from France.

In light of the film’s recent 20th anniversary, and as we witness uprisings in the Arab world, religious fundamentalism and the so-called war on terror, Fanon and his work are more pertinent than ever.

Special features
• Presented in High Definition and Standard Definition;
• Between Two Worlds (Mark Nash, 1992, 27 mins): the story of a young man, Graham (Jason Durr), who is undergoing treatment by a Czech psychoanalyst, Dr Ludwig;
• Stills gallery: an extensive collection of stills from Frantz Fanon: Black Skin White Mask;
• Illustrated booklet with essays by Isaac Julien, Mark Nash and Stuart Hall.

The BFI has asked me to let you know that this release has not suffered any further delay; it now physically exists, Sony DADC has plenty of copies in stock, and they don't know why Amazon is claiming otherwise.

MichaelB wrote:The BFI has asked me to let you know that this release has not suffered any further delay; it now physically exists, Sony DADC has plenty of copies in stock, and they don't know why Amazon is claiming otherwise.